Macbeth Vocabulary 3
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33 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 potent | powerful, having a strong effect |
| prate | to talk idly or foolishly at a great length |
| prattle | meaningless sounds, babble |
| profundity | profound knowledge, intellectual depth |
| prologue | introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action |
| purveyors | one who provides or procures |
| quell | to quiet or to put down a disturbance |
| quench | to extinguish, to put out; to relieve with liquid |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity |
| reconcile | to reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute |
| rend | to tear violently, to split |
| requite | to make repayment or to return |
| resolute | characterized by a decided purpose |
| rue | to be sorry for, to regret |
| sanctify | to set apart for sacred use, to make holy, to purify |
| scrupulous | very principled, very careful and conscientious |
| searing | causing to wither or to dry up or to become scorched |
| sentinel | one who keeps guard as a sentry |
| sieve | a utensil for sifting or straining |
| sovereign | possessed of controlling power |
| spurn | to reject or to refuse with hostility |
| stealthy | acting in a secret and sneaky way |
| summon | to call together, to send for or to request to appear |
| surfeited | fed or supplied to excess |
| temperate | exercising self-control |
| tidings | information or news |
| trifling | not significant, frivolous |
| usurp | to take possession or authority over something without right |
| utter | to express by speaking |
| vanquished | conquered, overpowered |
| voluptuous | pleasurable to the senses, sensuous |
| wanton | immoral, lewd |
| warranted | justified |
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